Hi Laurent, On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 02:34:47PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > Some drivers duplicate the logic to create a property to store a per-plane > > alpha. > > > > Let's create a helper in order to move that to the core. > > > > Cc: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]> > > Cc: Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]> > > Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv | 2 +- > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 4 ++++- > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c | 1 +- > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > include/drm/drm_blend.h | 1 +- > > include/drm/drm_plane.h | 6 +++++- > > 6 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv > > b/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv index 927b65e14219..a3c3969c1992 > > 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv > > +++ b/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv > > @@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ radeon,DVI-I,“coherent”,RANGE,"Min=0, Max=1",Connector,TBD > > ,,"""underscan vborder""",RANGE,"Min=0, Max=128",Connector,TBD > > ,Audio,“audio”,ENUM,"{ ""off"", ""on"", ""auto"" }",Connector,TBD > > ,FMT Dithering,“dither”,ENUM,"{ ""off"", ""on"" }",Connector,TBD > > -rcar-du,Generic,"""alpha""",RANGE,"Min=0, Max=255",Plane,TBD > > +,,"""alpha""",RANGE,"Min=0, Max=255",Plane,Opacity of the plane from > > transparent (0) to opaque (255) ,,"""colorkey""",RANGE,"Min=0, > > Max=0x01ffffff",Plane,TBD > > I think more documentation is needed. You should explain how the property > operates and which formats it is applicable to. For instance you need to > clarify what happens for format that contain an alpha component.
That's a very good point, and I'm not quite sure what should happen in
the first place :)
Should we forbid that configuration?
> > /**
> > + * drm_plane_create_alpha_property - create a new alpha property
> > + * @plane: drm plane
> > + * @alpha: initial value of alpha, from 0 (transparent) to 255 (opaque)
>
> Do you have a use case for initializing the alpha value to something else
> than
> fully opaque ?
I don't, but thought it might be useful. Maybe it isn't, in which case
I'm totally fine with it getting away.
> > + * This function initializes a generic, mutable, alpha property and
> > + * enables support for it in the DRM core.
> > + *
> > + * Drivers can then attach this property to their plane to enable
> > + * support for configurable plane alpha.
>
> The function attaches the property to the plane, is the
> documentation outdated ?
Yes, I'll fix it.
> > + * Returns:
> > + * 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
> > + */
> > +int drm_plane_create_alpha_property(struct drm_plane *plane, u8 alpha)
> > +{
> > + struct drm_property *prop;
> > +
> > + prop = drm_property_create_range(plane->dev, 0, "alpha", 0, 255);
>
> Do you think the 0-255 range will fit all use cases ?
This is kind of the same discussion we're having with Daniel, but are
there hardware or formats with an alpha component wider than 255?
Thanks!
Maxime
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